So my dad has gotten it into his head that WEP is too insecure to tolerate (despite living in a sparsely populated and quiet suburban area). So he bought a new router which supports WPA, but then ...

From what I read, WPA-TKIP was supposed to run on both 802.11b network interface cards and routers. Indeed, most 802.11b network cards was updated, but not routers. For a client, the encryption ...

Yes, your router can be hacked. Here's how to tell, and how to keep your home network and devices safe from hackers.

With the rise in frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks, you don’t even have to leave your home to be the victim of crime. If unscrupulous individuals gain access to your home network, every ...

Security researchers say they’ve developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks. The attack, described as the ...

Asanté Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday an upgrade to the firmware for their FriendleyNET 802.11g wireless router. The version 1.1 update adds Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption, the ...

It was only a matter of time. Sure, we can all expect that some hacker with enough time and processing power would eventually crack a WPA-protected wireless network to decrypt someone's precious data.

Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent ...

For US$34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes, its creator says. Launched Monday, the WPA Cracker service bills itself as a ...